A new 20 cent collectable coin has been minted to honour the 20th anniversary of the much-loved children's book, Where is the Green Sheep?
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00:00Blue sheep, and here is the red sheep, here is her bath sheep, and here is the bed.
00:17Let's start with the head, and I'll make the head like this.
00:24This is like a big smile, isn't it?
00:29And then I put an ear on, and another ear on.
00:35And then for the body, I just do a cloud.
00:41First it's like a cloud, everyone can draw a cloud, can't they?
00:47Of course you can, if I say you can draw a cloud, you can draw a cloud, right?
00:53That book becoming a coin, I did not know it was a dream of mine, but as soon as they said it's going to become a coin, I went, oh my goodness, that's nerdy, isn't it?
01:01But yeah, I love it, and the book has been so successful that the men wanted to make it into a coin, which is, you know, extraordinary.
01:09And Mayor Mox and I are both delighted, I thought she couldn't be here today, but I said, no way am I missing this.
01:17Yeah, it's just, it's great, I feel very honoured and very blessed, and it's a beautiful thing.
01:23But where is the green sheep?
01:27Where is that green sheep?
01:30Turn the page quietly.
01:36Let's take a peek.
01:39These are our green sheep.
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